Michigan

Storm History: Oakland County, Michigan

588 episodes, 1,239 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oakland County, Michigan: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,239
Deaths
22
Injuries
319
Damage
$702 million
Episodes
588

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail54406$34 million
Tornado231587$67 million
Thunderstorm Wind20117$7.8 million
Flash Flood7810$405 million
High Wind3714$58 million
Heavy Snow3300
Winter Storm2110$6.0 million
Lightning1812$2.1 million
Heat164194
Flood1100$536,000
Ice Storm1012$118 million
Cold/Wind Chill9414$25,000
Blizzard600$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill610
Strong Wind410$38,000
Winter Weather303$350,000
Excessive Heat310
Heavy Rain200$950,000
Drought200
Frost/Freeze200$1.3 million
Dense Fog100
Lakeshore Flood100$1.0 million

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Oakland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Oakland CountyEvery warning in Oakland County since 1986Every county in Michigan

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.